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ESCAPED PRISONER.

Wellington, January 29.

Ralph Peterson was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence for assaulting a constable by striking him on the head with a bottle. Prisoner escaped from custody while being convened to Wellington, As the train was pulling out of Porirua station, he eluded the warder and leapt from the train. Peterson, who is 23 years of age, is freely tattooed oa the arms.

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